IWE SummerSlam (2026)

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"SummerSlam: Minnesota" redirects here. For the previous SummerSlam held in Minnesota, see SummerSlam (1999).

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Promotion	IWE
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown
Date	August 1–2, 2026
City	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Venue	U.S. Bank Stadium
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The 2026 SummerSlam, also promoted as SummerSlam: Minnesota, is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by IWE. It will be the 39th annual SummerSlam and is scheduled to take place as a two-night event on Saturday, August 1, and Sunday, August 2, 2026, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This will be the first IWE stadium event held in Minneapolis and the second SummerSlam overall in the city, after the 1999 event, which took place at Target Center. This will also be the first SummerSlam to air on the ESPN streaming service in the United States.

Contents 1 Production 1.1 Background 1.2 Broadcast outlets 1.3 Storylines 2 Matches 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Production

[edit] Background

SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event traditionally held in August by IWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five". Out of the five, it is considered IWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania.

Announced on May 23, 2024, the 39th SummerSlam is scheduled to be held across two nights on Saturday, August 1, and Sunday, August 2, 2026, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota and feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This will be the second SummerSlam to be held across two nights (although the first one to be announced) and the first WWE stadium event held in Minneapolis. This will subsequently be the second SummerSlam held in Minneapolis, after the 1999 event, which was held at the Target Center.

[edit] Broadcast outlets

In addition to airing on traditional pay-per-view worldwide, SummerSlam will be available to livestream on the ESPN streaming service in the United States, Netflix in most international markets, SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Abema in Japan. This marks the first SummerSlam to livestream on ESPN in the United States, as IWE's contract with Peacock to air main roster PPV and livestreaming events expired at the conclusion of Clash in Paris in August 2025.

[edit] Storylines

The card will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by IWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television programs, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.

[edit] Matches

Night TBA

No.	Matches*	Stipulation
1	Liv Morgan (c) vs. Iyo Sky	Singles match for the Women's World Championship
2	Oba Femi vs. Rob Lesnar	Hell in a Cell match
3	Roman Reigns (c) vs. Seth Rollins	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match *Card subject to change

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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